Schultz: I hope the war in Ukraine will end in 2025

According to Isna, German Chancellor Olaf Schulz, while expressing hope for the end of the war between Russia and Ukraine in 2025, stated that it is still not clear whether this is possible and added that all options for achieving peace are Among diplomatic tools, they should be considered.

Schulz said on Friday that Germany is trying to prevent the conflict from escalating and not allow “this war to turn into a war between Russia and NATO.” He also reiterated his opposition to sending long-range missiles to Ukraine to attack Russian territory, as he considers this action to be detrimental to Berlin’s peacekeeping efforts.

According to the “Rasha Today” News agency, Shults stated that his country will do its best to provide arms to Kiev, but in this regard it will follow its independent policies and is not going to agree to any proposal.

He also considered Germany to be the biggest supporter of Ukraine in Europe and the second biggest supporter of Kyiv in the world, and said that any decision about peace in Ukraine should be made with “Ukrainians and Europeans in mind”.

Last week, the German chancellor was criticized by the German foreign minister, Analena Berbock, for opposing an additional 3 billion euro aid package for Kyiv. Berbock claimed that such decisions conflicted with the responsibility to ensure the peace and freedom of Europe and stemmed from a nationalist approach. Schultz wanted these aids to be financed not through the reduction of social budgets, but through the increase of government debt.

The dispute over the approval of the support budget for Ukraine comes as early elections are scheduled in Germany in February, after Olaf Schultz received a vote of no confidence in his country’s parliament in December. The coalition government of the Social Democrats and the Greens, led by Schultz, has long been at odds over economic policy and budget-related issues, particularly over the amount of financial and military aid to Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly expressed his displeasure with Schultz and accused him of delay and indecisiveness in sending additional weapons to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia has consistently expressed its strong opposition to sending Western weapons to Kiev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin called such actions a “serious and dangerous step” that only leads to the escalation of conflicts.

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